{"id":15888,"date":"2022-04-02T03:24:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T03:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=15888"},"modified":"2022-04-02T03:24:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T03:24:35","slug":"nsw-government-supports-innovation-program-to-turbocharge-rd-in-nsw-defence-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/04\/02\/nsw-government-supports-innovation-program-to-turbocharge-rd-in-nsw-defence-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Government supports innovation program to turbocharge RD in NSW defence businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Defence businesses across the state will be supported to engage in active research and development, thanks to support from the NSW Government to co-fund a program led by Australia\u2019s national science agency CSIRO.
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The established CSIRO\u00a0Innovate to Grow<\/em>\u00a0program, currently being trialed for the NSW defence sector, will turbocharge industry innovation, create jobs and secure the future of the NSW defence industry.
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Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade Stuart Ayres said applications are now open, with a focus on businesses either directly involved with or looking to expand into the defence sector, across key regions including Greater Sydney, the Hunter, Shoalhaven\/Illawarra, Riverina-Murray and Capital Regions.
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\u201cThis program will leverage innovation-aware businesses interested in taking their operation to the next level by investigating new research and development opportunities and wider engagement with research organisations,\u201d Mr Ayres said.
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\u201cOur vision for a forward-thinking and world-leading NSW defence industry depends on removing barriers to collaboration between industry and researchers to harness the potential of long-term partnerships.
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\u201cPiloting this program for defence will complement our existing defence industry innovation efforts, including $1.9 million to support the NSW Defence Innovation Network to generate hi-tech defence solutions and develop a collaborative research ecosystem.\u201d
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The NSW Government has provided $25,000 to upskill up to 30 defence-compatible small to medium businesses via the free self-paced 10-week virtual program to provide expert connections and training to understand R&D opportunities.
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Member for the South Coast Shelley Hancock said the NSW Government\u2019s investment in defence businesses provides a ripe opportunity for local businesses to collaborate with the public sector.
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\u201cThe South Coast is home to some of our nation\u2019s hardest workers and brightest minds,\u201d Mrs Hancock said.
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\u201cThese projects will enable sharp-minded and ambitious businesses to further boost their capabilities, contribute to a state-wide defence program and train their staff. All while supporting the state\u2019s invaluable defence industry.\u201d
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CSIRO SME Collaboration Lead Dr George Feast said the program had a successful track record to date in a range of high-priority sectors.
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\u201cTo date we\u2019ve delivered the program to more than 200 businesses in a number of key sectors including cyber security and agriculture, and will be expanding to energy manufacturing, health and now defence,\u201d Dr Feast said.
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\u201cOur primary goal through this program is to equip businesses with the right knowledge and capabilities to enable them to build their confidence with getting involved with R&D, which can help them come up with new ideas for their business.
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\u201cEach course is very much sector-specific, and participants will get to hear directly from industry and research experts, be paired with a CSIRO or university mentor and work alongside other like-minded businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Defence businesses across the state will be supported to engage in active research and development, thanks to support from the NSW Government to co-fund a program led by Australia\u2019s national science agency CSIRO.\u00a0The established CSIRO\u00a0Innovate to Grow\u00a0program, currently being trialed for the NSW defence sector, will turbocharge industry innovation, create jobs and secure the future … Continue reading “NSW Government supports innovation program to turbocharge RD in NSW defence businesses”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15889,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15888\/revisions\/15889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}